TMC: Live!

I will be doing a solo acoustic performance at some point in either April or May and am currently planning on playing no less than three TMC songs in the show. Possibly more, depending on how the set list comes in at for length.

Another List

This one Dan also did a while back. The next ten songs in my iTunes Party Shuffle:

Men Without Hats: "Safety Dance "
Dizzy Gillespie & Max Roach: "In The Beginning Part 2" Max + Dizzy - Paris 1989 (Disc 1)
John Coltrane: "But Not For Me" My Favorite Things
Kid Dakota: "Pairin' Off" So Pretty
Chick Corea & Friends: "Dusk In Sandi " Remembering Bud Powell
Jane's Addiction: "Jane Says" Nothing's Shocking
Björk Gudmundsdóttir & Trió Gudmundar Ingólfssonar: "Tondeleyo" Gling-Gló
The Specials Featuring Rico: "Ghost Town (12" Vers.)" The Singles Collection
k.d. lang: "Save Me" Ingenue
The Beastie Boys "Ricky's Theme" Ill Communication

Nothing mind blowingly great about these, but a far cry better than my drive to work, no matter what Dan thinks.

Shitty Music Commute

Flipping through the presets on my way to work this morning, I was subjected to the following:

"She's a Beauty," The Tubes
"Jailbreak," Thin Lizzy
"Rapture," Blondie

A year and a day...

Dan did this a while back. Here is my yourmusic.com queue for the next thirteen months (as it stands now).

03/27/06
Elvis Costello
When I Was Cruel
Released: 2002

After a stunning series of boundary-crossing collaborations, EC teams w/ex-Attractions Steve Nieve & Pete Thomas on his first rock record in six years.


04/27/06
Cake
Pressure Chief
Released: 2004

John McCrea and co. are back with more pop perfection and sarcastic wit. No Phone, The Guitar Man, Carbon Monoxide, Wheels, She’ll Hang The Baskets, more.


05/27/06
Kronos Quartet
Alban Berg, Lyric Suite
Released: 2003

Leading new-music ensemble the Kronos Quartet triumphs with the modernist composer’s seductive mesh of dark-hued tonality, which features soprano Dawn Upshaw.


06/27/06
Cannonball Adderley
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Released: 1966

Adderley was the funkiest jazz saxophonist of his generation, and this well-known recording captures him at his most soulful.


07/27/06
Lyle Lovett
Dr. T & The Women/Sdtrk.
Released: 2000

Instrumental score to the Robert Altman film, plus three new Lovett songs. You've Been So Good Up To Now, Ain't It Somethin', more.


08/27/06
Led Zeppelin
IV (ZOSO) (Remastered)
Released:

A classic rock essential. Includes the immortal Stairway To Heaven, Black Dog, Rock And Roll, When The Levee Breaks, Going To California and more.


09/27/06
Radiohead
OK Computer
Released: 1997

Infectious melodies and masterful dynamics mark the alt-rock pioneers' acclaimed 1997 effort. Karma Police, No Surprises, Paranoid Android, much more.


10/27/06
Wilco
A Ghost Is Born
Released: 2004

Tweedy & compadres stretch out on loose, adventurous set. At Least That's What You Said, Handshake Drugs, Hummingbirds, Spiders (Kidsmoke), I'm A Wheel, more.


11/27/06
Elvis Costello
North
Released: 2003

Heartwrenching, exquisitely sung ballads about love's loss and rebirth. Still, Let Me Tell You About Her, When Did I Stop Dreaming, I'm In The Mood Again, Fallen, more.


12/27/06
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Dream (Remastered)
Released: 2002

Remastered classic set, with four bonus tracks! Title track, Body And Soul, Bright Mississippi, Just A Gigolo, Sweet And Lovely, Blues Five Spot and more.


01/27/07
Art Blakey
Indestructible (Remastered)
Released: 2003

Remastered 1964 set, with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, and Reggie Workman. One bonus track. The Egyptian, When Love Is New, more.


02/27/07
U2
War
Released:

The Irish quartet's powerful third set. Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year's Day, Two Hearts Beat As One, 40, Surrender, Like A Song, Seconds, The Refugee, Red Light, etc.


03/27/07
Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A-Changin' (Remastered)
Released: 2005

Acoustic classic! When The Ship Comes In, Restless Farewell, North Country Blues, With God On Our Side, The Times They Are A-Changin’, etc.

Stinking Stubborn Microsoft & Apple!

But mostly Microsoft. I downloaded a song last night that I could only find at MSN (not in the iTunes Store). MSN has it copy protected, so I am unable to import it into iTunes, nor burn it to a disc as anything other than a copy-protected .WMA. So ridiculous! How can they expect you to simultaneously keep two (or more) disparate music libraries!?!?!? How petty can you get???